Chapter 146
"How much money is needed?"
"How much manpower will be needed?"
Jiang Mu Ming asked three questions in a row, indicating that this was someone who hadn't done their homework.
I'm afraid they'll be asked questions on the spot and won't know the answers.
But Yan Liuli was well-prepared and, without thinking, blurted out, "If it is truly as Your Highness says..."
"It will only take about a year."
"With the manpower of 200,000 people and the entire wealth of my Yan Family, we can build this Dao Palace for Your Highness."
"Only..."
Yan Liuli seemed to have something to say, but in the end she swallowed it back.
But Yan Liuli's thoughts.
But it didn't escape Jiang Mu Ming's eyes. He asked directly, "Are you trying to say why I built this so-called Dao Palace?"
"Instead of building Imperial Palace directly, right?"
Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.
But they all felt it was only natural, because this was Luosang City, the former capital of Western Chu!
Jiang Mu Ming was also Western Chu Prince.
Rebuilding the Imperial Palace and subsequently restoring the Western Chu kingdom was a logical next step.
But just then...
Jiang Mu Ming suddenly smiled and paced back and forth, saying, "I know what you're thinking."
"But when I left Tianqi, what I told Xiao Ruo Feng was to establish Chuan Dao City."
"Then we shall establish Chuan Dao City."
"I, Jiang Mu Ming, would never stoop so low as to use the pretext of building Chuan Dao City to attempt to restore my kingdom."
"Even if they wanted to restore their kingdom, they would declare it openly and honestly to the world."
"Therefore, this Chuan Dao City is simply the Chuan Dao City, and the Dao Palace is merely the Dao Palace."
"As for the matter of restoring the kingdom, we can discuss it later. As for the Your Highness the Prince,' I think it would be better to call me Mister Jiang for now."
Jiang Mu Ming looked at Yan Liuli and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"
"Liuli understands..."
Yan Liuli naturally wouldn't go against Jiang Mu Ming's wishes.
But a sigh escaped his lips.
If Jiang Mu Ming refuses to restore the country and is unwilling to become emperor, then her hidden thoughts will remain.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve.
But there's no other way right now; after all, we can't just let her go against Jiang Mu Ming.
"As for how to build this Dao Palace and how to rebuild the Luosang City..."
"I will come up with a more comprehensive solution."
"We will not allow your Yan Family to truly exhaust all their wealth and savings."
Jiang Mu Ming certainly couldn't rely entirely on the Yan Family at this time.
Otherwise, the Yan Family will inevitably become too powerful to control in the future.
She became a huge problem for Jiang Mu Ming, the kind he couldn't shake off no matter what.
After all, if Jiang Mu Ming really had the idea of restoring his country...
Given the Yan Family's immense contributions, even if they committed a grave mistake, Jiang Mu Ming would never allow Yan Family to be completely wiped out.
No matter what, one must leave behind bloodlines and offspring.
However, if Jiang Mu Ming has no intention of restoring his kingdom, yet rashly accepts the Yan Family's financial assistance...
This is even more inappropriate.
The Yan Family has already used all their wealth to support me, so they will definitely try every means to bind me and bring me back to life.
Such examples are not uncommon in the history of Earth.
The act of donning the yellow robe is a classic example of this!
"As for now, you may all step aside."
Jiang Mu Ming suddenly pushed through the crowd and walked to the front. Right in front of him was the Western Chu Imperial Palace, which had been reduced to ruins.
People say, "Out with the old, in with the new."
"Let everything that was left behind vanish like smoke and dust."
That's all.
Jiang Mu Ming suddenly drew his sword and slashed.
A flash of sword light.
The sword strike had already been unleashed, but there was no fluctuation whatsoever, as if Jiang Mu Ming had merely swung the sword casually.
It contained absolutely no internal energy.
"Master, what's going on?" Luo Shui asked curiously.
Jiang Mu Ming simply gestured for silence and said, "Let this sword fly a little longer."
The next moment!
Before my eyes, the Imperial Palace was beginning to crumble!
Ruins and mounds of earth have all turned to dust.
Gone with the wind.
A terrifying, invisible sword aura pierced through the entire Imperial Palace! Nothing could withstand this terrifying sword aura!
Formless and intangible, yet it annihilates everything.
This sword strike.
The entire Imperial Palace was wiped out!
Before everyone's eyes, everything in the Imperial Palace was vanishing, leveled by the power of a single sword!